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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Enoplognatha  Pavesi, 1880   31 species

Enoplognatha almeriensis Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007537

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Description
Male

Prosoma 1.2-1.4 mm long. Chelicerae with 2 large unequal teeth.

Body length male: 2.5-3.2 mm
Female

Epigyne: opening small, oval, transverse, with only anterior margin sclerotized. Prosoma olive brown, cephalic part and margin greyish. Prosoma 1.2-1.5 mm long. Sternum olive brown suffused with grey. Legs pale brown, annulated with grey. Opisthosoma grey suffused with white, dark grey folium.

Body length female: 2.6-3.6 mm
Additional information

In maquis, dry river bed, under stones.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Portugal, Spain
Phenology
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Figures
species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2008)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 2008)

species

female Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

Distribution List
Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer J (1999) The genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 in the Mediterranean region (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 209-241 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J (2008) Description of the male of Enoplognatha almeriensis Bosmans & Van Keer (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 14: 269-271 pdf

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf